The moon dims, the meteors fly, and the planets dance—these are the most exciting celestial events happening this month.

I pick out North America’s celestial highlights for the week ahead (which also apply to mid-northern latitudes in the ...

In her right hand, the female figure holds laurel leaves, which Roman priestesses and priests once used to purify spaces.

Archaeologists excavating the Porta Sarno necropolis in Pompeii, Italy, discovered life-sized statues of a man and woman as ...

The Statue of Liberty weighs about 450,000 pounds and stands 305 feet tall, including her star-shaped granite pedestal. A 1/4-scale replica of Lady Liberty — given to France by the US in 1889 to ...